GREEK. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Israel I: The Arnold Spaer Collection of Seleucid Coins. (Jerusalem, dated 1993 on the binding; copyright 1998 by Arnold Spaer and Arthur Houghton; published by Italo Vecchi Ltd, London; printed in England by Optichrome The Printing Group). A substantial SNG volume devoted to Seleucid coinage from the Spaer Collection, presented in the classic plate and text format and accompanied by an extended introductory essay placing the collection in context and explaining its formation and scholarly importance, making it a very useful reference for attribution, comparison, and research within this complex Hellenistic series. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

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